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Indus Valley Civilization MCQs
When did Scythians invade India?
A) 65 BC
B) 85 BC
C) 75 BC
D) 95 BC
Scythian’s came from:
A) East Asia
B) West Asia
C) North Asia
D) Central Asia
Parthians came from the Caspian Sea and overpowered Scythians in:
A) 30 AD
B) 20 AD
C) 40 AD
D) 60 Ad
The Kushans came to sub-continent in:
A) 65 AD
B) 45 AD
C) 50 AD
D) 60 AD
Which city was the summer capital of Kushans:
A) Peshawar
B) Harappa
C) Qander
D) Kabul
Which city was the winter capital of Kushans:
A) Peshawar
B) Harappa
C) Qander
D) Kabul
Khushans ruled from eastern Iran to the Chinese frontier and south to the:
A) Ganges river
B) Bengal
C) Jamna River
D) Arawali river
Buddhism flourished during Kanishka a Kushan ruler. Thousands of monasteries and stupas were built in Peshawar and nearby:
A) Swat
B) Dir
C) Kohistan
D) Chitral
As the Kushan empire declined, the southern area was overpowered by:
A) Mauryan Empire
B) Scythians
C) Gupta Dynasty
D) none of these
The Gupta dynasty was founded by:
A) Sri Gupta
B) Ramagupta
C) Chandragupta I
D) Samudragupta
Ashoka the greatest ruler of the Mauryan Empire ruled between:
A) 273-232 BC
B) 274-233 BC
C) 275-335 BC
D) 276-236 BC
Who promoted Buddhism in India:
A) Gupta
B) Paha
C) Ashoka
D) Saka
Who built Buddhist shrines in the sub-continent:
A) Ashoka
B) Shunga
C) Gupta
D) Maurya
Ashoka the Great related to which dynasty:
A) Gupta dynasty
B) Tughluq dynasty
C) Mauryan dynasty
D) Brahmin dynasty
Which king established Taxila University:
A) Ashoka
B) Mahweer
C) Akbar
D) Babar
The last king of the Mauryan Empire was:
A) Ashoka
B) Brihadrath
C) Kunala
D) Shalishuk
Around the end of the 2nd century, some unusual upheavals in central Asia let loose series of human floods that brought invasions into Indo-Pak. The first invasion was made by:
A) The Kushans
B) The Sakas
C) The Bacirians
D) The rathians
The Bactrian Greeks arrived in Gandhara in:
A) 175 BC
B) 182 BC
C) 185 BC
D) 185 BC
Which Ruler of Bactrian Greece arrived in the sub-continent in 185 BC:
A) Apollodotus I
B) Antimachus II
C) Demetrius I
D) Euthydemus I
New Greek cities at Taxila and Pushkalavati were built by:
A) Greek
B) Bactrian Greek
C) Persian
D) Roman
The battle of Hydaspes was fought between Alexander the Great and King Porus in:
A) 326 BC
B) 327 BC
C) 328 BC
D) 336 BC
The battle of the Hydaspes was fought between Alexander and King Porus in 326 BC. Hydapses means which river:
A) Jhelum
B) Indus
C) Beas
D) Ravi
The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of:
A) Sutlej and Beas
B) Jhelum and Chenab
C) Ravi and Chenab
D) Ganga and Yamna
Alexander the Great remained in India for:
A) 29 month
B) 39 month
C) 19 month
D) 10 month
Alexander the Great fought the fiercest war, outside the walls of Multan against:
A) Confederate army of Oxydraki and Mallois
B) Against Darius
C) Against Scylax
D) Against Xerxes
The Mauryan empire was founded in:
A) 361 BC
B) 301 BC
C) 319 BC
D) 321 BC
The name of the empire founded by Chandragupta:
A) Ashoka Empire
B) Chandragupta Empire
C) Mauryan Empire
D) Nanda Empire
In 321 BC Chandragupta founded the Mauryan Empire, which was centered in modern Pakistan but had its capital far to the east at:
A) Assam
B) Calcutta
C) Dehli
D) Patna
Chandra Gupta was also called:
A) Gupta empire
B) Mauryan empire
C) Chandra empire
D) Ashoka empire
The total number of Mauryan Empire was:
A) 6
B) 7
C) 8
D) 9
The greatest university of the ancient world was situated at:
A) Pushkalavati
B) Taxila
C) Kabul
D) Iran
Which school of art gave the earliest images of Buddha in human form:
A) Gandhara
B) Gupta
C) Ashoka
D) Pala
The Gandhara region between 327-325 BC was conquered by:
A) Ashoka
B) Aryans
C) Alexander the Great
D) Egyptians
Alexander the Great was the son of the king of which country:
A) Persia
B) Macedonia
C) Egypt
D) Rome
Alexander the Great succeeded his father Philip II to the throne at age 20. He belonged to which dynasty:
A) The Persian dynasty
B) The Tudor dynasty
C) The Argead dynasty
D) The Ming dynasty
Alexander was the disciple of:
A) Plato
B) Socrates
C) Aristotle
D) Darius
Who was Bucephalus to Alexander the Great:
A) Friend
B) Brother
C) Advisor
D) Horse
Alexander the Great visited Taxila and crossed the salt range to the:
A) Beas river
B) Jhelum river
C) Indus river’
D) Kabul river
Who invited Alexander the Great and his men to Taxila:
A) King Porus
B) Ambhai
C) Bessus
D) Carterus
Who was the ruler of the kingdom between the river Jhelum And Chenab:
A) Ambhai
B) Dairus II
C) Cyrus the Great
D) King Porus
Dravidians were made slaves by:
A) Kushanas
B) Aryans
C) Sakas
D) Parthians
Cyrus the Great was the founder of which first Persian empire:
A) Achaemenid Empire
B) Sasanian Empire
C) Safavid dynasty
D) Afsharid dynasty
The person who in sixth BC crossed the Khyber Pass and took possession of the land around Peshawar was:
A) Akbar the greata
B) Cyrus the Great
C) Alexander the Great
D) Darius the first
Name the Cyrus’s successor who extended the empire seizing all the major kingdoms of the Indus Valley and dividing them into four provincial provinces was:
A) Darius the first
B) Caryandan
C) Scylax
D) Xerxes
Gandhara Civilization existed on which side of Pakistan from the 2nd century to the 5th century:
A) Eastern
B) Western
C) Northern
D) Southern
The first Persian ruler who occupied part of Indian territory was:
A) 3rd Century BC
B) 5th Century BC
C) 8th Century BC
D) 4th Century BC
The first Persian ruler who occupied part of Indian territory was:
A) Cyrus
B) Dairus I
C) Cambyses
D) Xerxes
Gandhara kingdom’s earlier capital was named as:
A) Pushkalavati
B) Taxila
C) Abbottabad
D) Multan
The old name of Charsadda was:
A) Kidar
B) Pushkalavati
C) Gandhara
D) Taxila
Taxila was the capital of:
A) Mauryan Empire
B) Persian Empire
C) Chandragupta Empire
D) Gandhara
The Indus city Surkotoda is located in which state of India:
A) Utter Pradesh
B) Punjab
C) Gujarat
D) Rajasthan
‘Banavali’ is an Indus Valley site located at:
A) Utter Pradesh
B) Punjab
C) Gujarat
D) Rajasthan
” Nataraja ” a dancing male figure was found at:
A) Lathal
B) Mohenjadaro
C) Mesopotamia
D) Harappa
Indus civilization was destroyed by the invasions of:
A) Aryans
B) Sakas
C) Alexander the Great
D) none of these
Aryans came to the sub-continent from Central Asia in:
A) 1700 BC
B) 1500 BC
C) 1800 BC
D) 1600 BC
The religion of Aryans was Vedic which developed into:
A) Buddhism
B) Hinduism
C) Sikhism
D) none of them
Aryans believed in:
A) Unity
B) Caste system
C) Democracy
D) none of these
The religious book of the Aryans is known as:
A) The vedas
B) The Yugas
C) The Shuklas
D) The Rekhlas
The Aryans used the ornaments which were made of:
A) Diamond
B) Iron
C) Silver
D) Gold
The Aryans came to sub-continent as:
A) Refugees
B) Immigrants
C) Traders
D) Invaders
There were sharp class divisions at Harappa and Mohenjodaro. This is clear from the:
A) Indus seals excavated
B) Religious beliefs of Harappa
C) Tools and implements used by the Harappans
D) Different types of dwellings excavated
Which was the largest site of the Indus Civilization:
A) Lothal
B) Mohenjodaro
C) Dholavira
D) Chanhudaro
Which was the largest site of the Indus Civilization in India:
A) Lothal
B) Mohenjodaro
C) Dholavira
D) Chanhudaro
Cotton was first produced by which people:
A) Indus
B) Mesopotamia
C) Egypt
D) Roman
Which two Indus sites are found in Afghanistan:
A) Lothal and Daimabad
B) Shatughai and Dainabad
C) Shatughai and Mundigaq
D) Mundigaq and daimabad
Which was the ancient port of the Indus Civilization:
A) Harappa
B) Lothal
C) Dholvira
D) Mohenjadaro
‘Ganweriwala’ is an Indus Valley Civilization site located at:
A) Haryana
B) Bahawalpur
C) Larkana
D) Lothal
The contemporary civilization(s) of the Indus civilization were:
A) Mesopotamian
B) Egyptian
C) Both
D) None of these
What led to the end of the Indus Valley Civilization:
A) Invasion of Aryans
B) Recurrent Floods
C) Earthquakes
D) All the above
Where to find the figure of a dancing girl:
A) Lothal
B) Harappa
C) Mohendojaro
D) Dholavira
Which was the most common method of worship adopted by the people of Harappa:
A) Sun worship
B) Fire worship
C) Tree worship
D) Moon worship
The Indus Valley civilization is also known as Pre-Aryan civilization because of the evidence of:
A) Art
B) Script
C) Copper
D) Pottery
There are similarities between the seals found at Mohanjodaro and:
A) Egypt
B) China
C) Sumeria
D) Afghanistan
What were the residential houses of Indus people made of:
A) Baked bricks
B) mud
C) Stone
D) Copper
The famous bull seal of Indus Valley was found in the famous city of:
A) Harappa
B) Lothal
C) Chanhudaro
D) Mohenjadaro
What was the ancient name of the Indus region:
A) Makan
B) Meluha
C) Dilmun
D) None of these
The famous figure of a dancing girl found in the excavations of Mohanjodaro was made up of:
A) Limstone
B) Bricks
C) Bronze
D) Gold
What was the main skill of Indus people in Town Planning:
A) Underground Drainage system
B) Art
C) Political System
D) Administrative system
Which of the following metals didn’t know Indus people:
A) Bronze
B) Iron
C) Copper
D) Stone
Who was the main male god worshiped by the Indus people:
A) Indra
B) Vishnu
C) Brahma
D) Shiva
The great bath of the Indus Valley civilization was discovered in:
A) Harappa
B) Lothal
C) Mohenjodaro
D) Roper
Harappa is located in which district:
A) Multan
B) Larkana
C) Khairpur
D) Sahiwal
Harappa city is located on the bank of:
A) Ravi river
B) Chenab river
C) Sutlej river
D) Indus river
The old name of Sahiwal is:
A) Lyallpur
B) Lawrencepur
C) Montgomery
D) Islam kot
Montgomery’s name was reinstated as Sahiwal in:
A) 1960
B) 1966
C) 1970
D) 1976
Harappan civilization is also known as:
A) Indus Civilization
B) Egyptian civilization
C) Mesopotamian civilization
D) Mohenjodaro civilization
The Harappa towns and cities were divided into which types of blocks:
A) Square
B) Circular
C) Semi Rectangular
D) Rectangular
The people of the Indus Valley civilization used which metal extensively:
A) Silver
B) Iron
C) Platinum
D) Bronze
The animal which mostly appears on Harappan seals is:
A) Goat
B) Humpless Bull
C) Lion
D) Bear
The Harappan civilization belongs to which period of human society:
A) Paleolithic age
B) Chalcolithic age
C) Iron age
D) Neolithic age
Indus Civilization developed around:
A) 3000 BC
B) 3600 BC
C) 3500 BC
D) 4000 BC
Indus civilization belongs to which age:
A) Golden age
B) Silver age
C) Bronze Age
D) Stone Age
Indus Valley civilization was founded by:
A) Aryans
B) Dravidians
C) Gupta
D) Kushans
The main occupation of the Indus Valley civilization was:
A) Agriculture
B) Cattle Ragging
C) Hunting
D) none of these
The Great Granary of the Indus Valley civilization has been discovered at:
A) Harappa
B) Mohenjodaro
C) Lothal
D) Kalibagan
Which of the following largest sites of the Indus Valley Civilization:
A) Harappa and Rangapur
B) Mohenjodaro and Alamgirpur
C) Harappa and Mohenjodaro
D) Lothal and Gujrat
Ruins of Mohenjodaro are located in the District:
A) Dadu
B) Larkana
C) Khaipur
D) Thatta
Mohenjodaro is also known as:
A) Mount of the great
B) Mount Of the survivor
C) Mount of the dead
D) The Place of living
Mohenjodaro is in:
A) Sindh
B) Balochistan
C) Punjab
D) KPK
Excavations at Mohenjodaro have revealed earth vessels:
A) Millet grains
B) Lentils
C) Rice grains
D) None of these
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